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32-bit "fast" syscalls use sysenter/sysexit. 64-bit "fast" syscalls use syscall/sysret.
Haven't really looked but I suspect sysexit and sysret are somewhat special cased versions of iret.
https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2016/04/05/the-definitive-g...
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32-bit "fast" syscalls use sysenter/sysexit. 64-bit "fast" syscalls use syscall/sysret.
Haven't really looked but I suspect sysexit and sysret are somewhat special cased versions of iret.
https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2016/04/05/the-definitive-g...